Over recent years I've been working on making all my trains more prototypical. Modelling the late 1980s I'm quite luck that most of what I'd like to run has been produced (but perhaps not in the liveries I like!).

There are still some gaps - plenty of them, but I've been giving some thought to what's the most important. The result is my minimal wish list of models either never produced, or not produced to current standards - one wagon, one coach and one loco/multiple unit.

Wagon: HEA
Coach: Mk2 BFK (C or D)
Loco/MU: Class 110

What would be on your minimal wish list?

As a "Brucie bonus" you can add one re-livery of an existing model - a rail freight grey class 47 please!


Steven B

do you mean general grey?  (engineers grey?)

i would like class 25/3s

plenty of wagons i would like but not really essential for an 80s layout as lots of options already exist

for a re-livery id go for a new 31 in dutch


tim

If you are complaining about items on your wish list being unavailable just think what it must be like for those of us trying to model the Southern in 1930s, no 4-6-0s RTR and only 2 available as kits and with Union Mills closed we lost 2 0-6-0s and a 4-4-0, not much pre WW2 Schools, N class 2-6-0, M7 and Terrier and a couple of ex SECR; but just about every version of Bulleids pacifics

loco = unrebuilt LMS Royal Scot 4-6-0
coach = LMS Stanier 50' kitchen car
wagon = Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 20 ton double end door mineral wagon

Loco - ex-SECR D1/E1/L1
Coach - BR EPB
Wagon - LMS vans

Dave

Loco - BR Class 21/29
Coach - Stanier Composite Porthole 60'
Wagon - PTA Thompson Mag Lie Carnegie Montrose Side-ttipping wagon

Re-Livery - New tool Class 47 - BR ScotRail Intercity Red Livery
GE

Loco - LNER/BR V2 to modern standards with sound etc.
Coach - LNER/BR Gresley Suburban(s)
Wagon - Ex LNER Pigeon Van

Re-livery - New tool Class 47 - BR two tone green

Loco - GWR 517 class
Coach - GWR four wheel coaches
Wagon - GWR horsebox

Re-livery: SECR C class in southern lined green goods livery.

MU: Pressed Steel 3 car, later TOPS 117

Coach: Any GWR dining/restaurant still in use in the early 1960s

Wagon: GWR shunters runner

Loco-LNER A1/1
Wagon-Belmond British Pullman full consist

Loco - GWR 10XX County Class
Coach - Gresley Full Brake
Wagon - Palvan

Loco - Falcon
Coach - Gresley full brake
Wagon - RTR Palvan

Loco - GWR 850 class saddle tank.
Coach - LMS MTU test coach.
Wagon - LNER banana brake van.

Loco - SDJR 7F 2-8-0
Coach - Mark 3B Pullman
Wagon - Banana van

Bonus livery - 37/4 in Intercity mianline

Quote from: Jollybob on April 26, 2024, 12:10:10 PMLoco - GWR 850 class saddle tank.
Coach - LMS MTU test coach.
Wagon - LNER banana brake van.

What's a banana brake van, please?

Martyn